> - mailing lists are even worse usability-wise because these by design leak your email address...

So does git and GitHub. Last I checked, authoring a git commit with an email address associated with your GitHub account is what makes GitHub attribute that commit to your account. I assume Gitlab works in a very similar way.

"But 'git clone' is soooo much harder than reading through mailing list archives!" Nah.

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csense an hour ago | parent [-]

If you don't want to expose your email address but you still want commits to be associated to your account, Github lets you use a noreply email address [1].

[1] https://docs.github.com/en/account-and-profile/reference/ema...

	▲	ghostly_s 26 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I actually was looking into this recently (exploring how much of a PITA changing my github email would be) and found it interesting that, while in principle your GH email is public to anyone interfacing with your commits via `git`, they have gone to some length to avoid displaying it anywhere in the web interface. The docs actually mention it being shown on your 'profile' page but I don't see it anywhere there.
	▲	simoncion 33 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Github lets you use a noreply email address Oh, I was unaware of that. I've not seen anyone use it, [0] but I've only paid any attention to the Big Corporate and Traditional Hacker populations. Thanks much for the information. [0] I'm certain that folks do use it, so folks shouldn't bother pointing out people that do.